Trillbilly Worker's Party

Trillbilly Worker's Party episodes:

• 04.18.2024

  Episode 339: Rubber Room Rest Stop

  Another week where we take a road trip through the horrors of the world Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 04.11.2024

  Episode 338: The Solutions Tent

  We talk a little bit about our eclipse experiences, then dive into two articles about the so-called "illiberal left"—the first by that sicko Jonathan Chait, the second a reported story in the NYTimes You can check out Aaron's latest short story...

  
• 04.05.2024

  Episode 337: Expanding The Metaphor

  Covering all the news and developments of a rather momentous week in early 2024. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 03.29.2024

  Episode 336: Bloodied And Sometimes Nude

  This week we wrote some essays Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 03.21.2024

  Episode 335: Elbit Horrors

  The first half of today's episode is a discussion on why "rural America" is the political and cultural order of the day. Topics include Yellowstone, Beyonce's new album "Cowboy Carter," and a new book entitled "White Rural Rage." The second...

  
• 03.14.2024

  Episode 334: Midstopia

  This week we cover a few stories that share some crucial common themes: Austin's SXSW Festival, Boeing's recent "troubles," and the U.S. government's attempts to clamp down on TikTok Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 03.12.2024

  **UNLOCKED** Against the Godless Tyrants (w/ special guest Andrew Drummond)

  **Unlocking this Patreon episode in light of the official book release** For this episode we're joined by Andrew Drummond to learn about the early German revolutionary Thomas Muntzer: the world he inhabited, his political and theological visions, and his impact...

  
• 03.07.2024

  Episode 333: Geezer Gestapo

  Covering all the news and discourse this week of March 7, 2024. We're planning to cover the State of Union on this weekend's Patreon (if there's anything good in it), so please subscribe: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Thanks!

  
• 03.01.2024

  Bonus Episode: The Octopus Murders (w/ Special Guests: Christian Hansen & Zach Treitz)

  Tom sits down with Christian Hansen & Zach Treitz to discuss their new Netflix Docuseries "American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders"

  
• 02.29.2024

  Episode 332: Pop Up Planet

  This week (following some light banter) we discuss Aaron Bushnell, and all of the discourse surrounding his act of self-immolation. Plenty of mental health issues packed into this one, so please be patient and remember that none of the opinions...

  
• 02.23.2024

  Episode 331: Walking With Humility

  This week we take a look at a very unique historical event: the infamous Bal des Ardents of 1393 Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 02.15.2024

  Episode 330: Wood-Sprite's Tenure

  We open this week with a tale as old as time: about a man and his unusual proclivities getting him into trouble. Then we switch gears a bit to talk about this week's USA-sponsored atrocities in Palestine Support us on PATREON:...

  
• 02.08.2024

  Episode 329: Naptime Of The Peoples

  This week we talk about recently-departed singer Toby Keith's strange relationship with US four-star-general James Jones. We also talk about the current state of democracy, as well as the current state of mental health—like the health of our literal physical...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Episode 328: Perverted Backstabbers

  This week we do some Devil's Milkshake revisionism, talk about the mental deterioration of Pelosi and Biden, and discuss the significance of the ICJ case/UNRWA moral panic Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 01.26.2024

  Episode 327: Hague Invasion Pact (w/ special guest Lily Lynch)

  This week we're joined by writer Lily Lynch (@lilyslynch) to talk about the end of humanitarianism, how and why the liberal international order was established in the 90s, and how the realists were right about Ukraine. You can find her writing...

  
• 01.19.2024

  Episode 326: The Failson Crusade (w/ special guest Kate Wagner)

  If you don't want to hear us rant and rave about the Hofenstaufen dynasty, Frederick II, and how Prince Andrew of Hungary was the Hunter Biden of the middle ages, then fast forward to about minute 17. This week our...

  
• 01.11.2024

  Episode 325: The Genocide Paradox

  This week we discuss South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice charging Israel with genocide, as well as the latest climate news Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 01.04.2024

  Episode 324: This Ain't The Primordial Ooze Anymore

  Topics this week include everything from Israel's bombing of a neighborhood in Beirut; the US bombing of Iraq; bombings in Iran; the resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay; and much more Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 12.28.2023

  Episode 323: Yes But With Conditions

  An episode on plane rides and the TV show Yellowstone. Also features two diseased articles: one from Max Boot, and another from Ross Douthat. Enjoy! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 12.21.2023

  Episode 322: Squash Appalachia (w/ special guest Austyn Gaffney)

  This week we're joined by freelance writer Austyn Gaffney (@austyngaffney on Twitter) to talk about an issue that is near and dear to all of our hearts: the rise and fall of ag-tech start-up App Harvest Check out Austyn's article for...

  
• 12.14.2023

  Episode 321: Double Reverse Cartographic Own

  This week we discuss maps and their various uses; all the latest lies from Israel and the Biden administration; and why green feudalism isn't a thing. Finally we end on some synth your piece just like in the old days. Support...

  
• 12.07.2023

  Episode 320: Further Away From The Light

  Recorded 12/6/23 — We talk about the COP28 climate summit, Biden's recent statements at a fundraising event in Massachusetts, Thomas Müntzer's theory of dreams and visions, the imploding brains at the State Department, and more Support our program on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 12.01.2023

  Episode 319: Krill Kings

  The latest news about shrimp, climate summits, Henry Kissinger, Democratic politics, and Israel/Palestine Sign up for our Patreon for more great content: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 11.23.2023

  Episode 318: Cop City On A Hill

  Recorded 11/22/23. Clips used in this week's ep (content warning): Annihilation Choir, State Department employee Stuart Seldowitz, and NSC spokesman John Kirby. Listen to Part 2 of this episode at Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 11.16.2023

  Episode 317: Ye Workers Of Iniquity

  Recorded 11/16/23 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 11.09.2023

  Episode 316: A House Is Not Always A Home (feat. Louisville Tenants Union)

  This week we're joined by three members of Louisville Tenants Union—Jessica Bellamy, Josh Poe, and returning guest Haley O'Shaughnessy—to discuss tenant organizing in Louisville; the similarities between what's going on in parts of America and Palestine; the political economy of...

  
• 11.03.2023

  Episode 315: Atavist's Anonymous

  Recorded 11/3/23. More discussion of Israel/Palestine, this time with a specific article from NBC about "growing concern" within the White House regarding Israel's atrocities against Palestinians Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 11.01.2023

  **UNLOCKED** Apocalypticians At The Gate

  People have asked us to unlock our most recent premium episode, so here it is. Recorded on 10/30/23, with a few new things (music + sound bytes) added in. Music produced both in-house and by Lee Baines III You can find more...

  
• 10.31.2023

  Bonus: 2023 Trillbillies Halloween Special-Spectral Valley

  Annual Halloween Special featuring Frank Hurricane, John Haywood, Caleb Hanson, Tommy Anderson, and Ken Layne. Music by Lee Bains III, production, editing and additional sound design by Matthew Carter, and artwork by Hayden Miles.

  
• 10.27.2023

  Episode 314: The Devil Is Active

  Recorded 10/26/23 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 10.20.2023

  Episode 313: Karmically Overextended

  We talk about President Biden's address to the nation re: Israel/Palestine, as well as Israel's attempts to obfuscate what happened at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 10.12.2023

  Episode 312: We Demand The End Of The World

  More updates on the progress to breed a perfectly red calf and usher in the End Times, but mostly another discussion of Israel/Palestine and current debates on/in/about the left's response to it You can find our previous episode about this over...

  
• 10.06.2023

  Episode 311: Scaring The Bros

  First we confer with our friends over at Compact Mag about how leftists should be more interested in ancient Rome. Then we talk about how the rest of the world is laffin at us. Finally we take a look at...

  
• 10.03.2023

  **UNLOCKED** Nothing is Inevitable (w/ special guest Christina Heatherton)

  Unlocked from the Patreon vault: Christina Heatherton, professor of American Studies and Human Rights at Trinity College in Connecticut, talks with us about global radicalism in the era of the Mexican Revolution Buy Christina's book here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520287877/arise

  
• 09.27.2023

  Episode 310: People Of Substance (w/ special guest Molly McGhee)

  In the first half of the show we have an interview with author Molly McGhee about her upcoming book, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind, as well as a discussion on a variety of themes: debt, dreams, work, and religion. Then...

  
• 09.22.2023

  Episode 309: Appalachian Creation Museum

  This week we're talking about once again about y'all etiquette, Boebert, class distinctions, the Appalachian creation myth, and the UAW strike Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 09.14.2023

  Episode 308: No Statesman Left Behind

  Probably against our better judgement, we decided to do the Romney article. Please forgive the bad audio...I've been sick in quarantine and this was the best I could do :) Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 09.07.2023

  Episode 307: Dinner Roll Crimes

  This week we talk about roping and riding, hear a tale from a listener, head to Texas for some garden variety insanity, and get an update on the situation at WVU Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 08.30.2023

  Episode 306: Bowtie Economics (feat. WVU Panel)

  This week we're talking about the proposed cuts and layoffs at West Virginia University, and to do it we've enlisted a damn platoon. First we have Dennis Hogan, a postdoctoral fellow at Haverford College, who has an article in The...

  
• 08.24.2023

  Episode 305: Extreme Makeover: Democracy Edition

  This week the Washington Post gives us a lesson in democracy, and then we check the various reactions to the GOP debate from the good folks over at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 08.17.2023

  Episode 304: Signs of Cannibalism

  This week...we're going back for more Ethicist Support our show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 08.10.2023

  Episode 303: The Right Amount

  This week we discuss: original sin, whether or not we've ruined sex, and synth your piece Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 08.04.2023

  Episode 302: Fighting Times (feat. Jon Melrod)

  Activist, lawyer, author, and former autoworker Jon Melrod joins us this week to discuss his new book Fighting Times, and the militant union movement in the 1970s Buy Jon's book here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1289 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Outro music: https://hollybodyhollybody.bandcamp.com/track/positive-pressure Intro music: in-house

  
• 07.27.2023

  Episode 301: Tons of Lanes to Run In

  Topics today: ecological tipping points, indigestion, the flawed teleological premises of sports, real-time reactions to Mitch McConnell short-circuiting during a press conference, one year anniversary of the flood, and synth your piece. Apologies in advance, it was too hot to...

  
• 07.21.2023

  Episode 300: Kentucky Pocketwolves (feat. Will Oldham)

  For our 300th (free) episode, we're joined by Kentucky musician Will Oldham, aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, aka Palace Music. We talk about various country music scandals, buried treasure, QVC for bones, the new era of digital music, and so much...

  
• 07.13.2023

  Episode 299: Mothers of Convention

  This week we discuss all the latest developments in climate change, artificial intelligence, motherhood, and liberty Please support us (and our friend Piedmont) at Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 07.05.2023

  Episode 298: The Sauce and The Sauceless

  This week we talk about posers, soap operas, Frances Gary Powers, viral meningitis, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, how capitalism is ruining pot, and how we're disrupting the firefighting space Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 06.29.2023

  Episode 297: The Sextonized Life

  This week we discuss how to Sextonize your life; predictions for 2024; and, of course, more entries in our new favorite NY Times column, The Ethicist Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

  
• 06.22.2023

  Episode 296: Uncle Of A Soldier (w/ special guests Pendejo Time)

  This week we're joined by Jake and Thomas from the podcast Pendejo Time to talk about how (to pay $10,000) to be a real man, former West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins, sports programs in general, and the infidelities of...

  
• 06.15.2023

  Episode 295: A Reprobate Mind

  This week we discuss the occluded existence of the most perfect boring boy in the world, the orca rebellion, and two crypto geniuses who are just live-laugh-loving their way through life Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty